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• Patrick Conant, Volcano resident, testified in opposition to the allowance of the Food Truck operating on agricultural land. His written testimony, identified as Communication No. 2014-59 is posted on the Puna CDP website at http://tiLiyurl.com/2014-Communications. • Pat Halpern, Volcano resident,testified that she has some safety concerns because of the area that the food truck is operating in. Because the food truck is visible from the highway, people stop on the shoulder and run up to get their food from the food truck. Due to Hurricane Iselle and the loss of electricity, phone and internet access, not all AC members were able to thoroughly read all of the agenda documents. Because of this,Rene moved to table this agenda item until the next AC meeting so that all AC members would have the appropriate chance to read through the application. Second by Sharon. The motion passed with 8 votes aye and 0 votes nay. June moved to draft a letter to the Windward Planning Commission to request more time to review this Special Permit Application. Second by Elmer. Motion passed with 8 votes aye and 0 votes nay. Rene moved to un-table agenda item #3 and postpone it until the next AC meeting. Second by Elmer. Motion passed with 8 votes aye and 0 votes nay. 4. Communication No. 2014-53—Mass Transit Subcommittee (MTSC) report: June reported on the status and activities of the Mass Transit Subcommittee. The main focus has been preparing all of the necessary materials for the PREP Fair—informational display boards, maps and a questionnaire. 5. PCDP Town Meeting Subcommittee: Leila, Elmer, Susan and Sharon have been working on gathering information and putting together material to be used at the PREP Fair to inform community members about the PCDP and its implementation. They will have a banner, tri-fold presentation board, 3 fold brochure, copies of the 4t'Annual Report and copies of the PCDP. 6. Budget Subcommittee: The AC was provided with copies of the current comprehensive Capital Improvements Projects (CIP)budget through FY 2013-14, the Puna specific portions of FT 2014-15 CIP budget and the forms and instructions for submitting CIP and General Operating (GO) budget requests for the FY 2015-16 budgets. Public Testimony: • Jon Olson testified that money requested should be based a level of service. Details should contain the population numbers of the intended recipients and you have to balance that off against the level of service that Hilo has. Level of service is a Federal piece of information. Tax dollars collected on empty lots is high, HPP for example was approximately 2 million dollars. Elmer, Susan, Oshi and Farris were selected to serve on the Budget Subcommittee. Farris is out of State so Patti will serve in his place until he returns. Due to Hurricane Iselle and the loss of electricity, phone and internet access, not all AC members were able to read the budget information thoroughly, therefore, the Budget Subcommittee is requesting a meeting with Larry Brown as soon as possible to better understand what is expected of them. 7. Communication No. 2014-50—Grubbing and Grading: Patti introduced the AC to the Grubbing and Grading brochure that Volcano Community Association produces, and posed the question "Would the AC be interested in considering taking action to begin addressing the problems created by improper grubbing and grading?"